The National Park Service is offering this grant to the Creole Heritage Foundation and Center at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. This grant is for a project to digitize recorded and videotaped Creole community meetings and individual oral interviews from fluent speakers and experts. The materials will be processed according to international linguistic documentation standards, archived in a secure repository at Northwestern State University, and made accessible globally. This initiative supports the documentation of Creole history, culture, and language, ensuring its preservation and availability for indigenous people, researchers, and the public.
Opportunity ID: 56576
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NPS-NOI-CARI-H5720100002 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Archiving the Creole Language |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | [] |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 12, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 18, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 18, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 17, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $70,200 |
| Award Ceiling: | $70,200 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | This funding announcement is not a request for applications. This is a Notice of Intent (NOI)to provide public notice of the National Park Service intention to fund the following project activities without competition. OVERVIEW – The Creole Heritage Foundation, as fiscal agent for the Creole Heritage Center of Northwestern State University of Louisiana, and the Creole Heritage Center itself was established to support studies in and documentation of Creole history, genealogy, culture, anthropology, ethnography, folk life, and Creole studies and to share the results of that research with Creole people and the general public through publications, conferences, and the internet. This Project will digitize recorded and videotaped Creole community meetings and individual oral interviews from fluent Creole speakers, language experts, archival specialists and cultural consultants in accordance with international standards and best practice recommendations for linguistic documentation. The Project will archive and house them in a secure repository at Northwestern State University of Louisiana and make them accessible to indigenous people, researchers and interested laypersons worldwide. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Rose McClelland
Contracting Specialist Phone 504-589-3882 Email:rose_mcclelland@nps.gov |
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